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6. Why is repetition an effective language device?

  • It draws your attention to something important and reinforces an idea
  • It's very ironic
  • Because readers are stupid and need to be told things multiple times
  • Because readers are stupid and need to be told things multiple times

7. Which of the following is an example of oxymoron

  • Blue - red - green - yellow - orange - lilac
  • He bestows light within him, and yet casts a long, ominous shadow
  • Alluringly hideous
  • Blue - cold - misery - isolation - lonely - alone - misanthrope

8. Why would a writer want to use emotive language?

  • To show off how good at writing he or she is
  • To convey something as quickly and effectively as possible
  • To manipulate someone into doing or thinking something by engaging their emotions/guilt tripping/creating very strong visual imagery
  • To give a better, more encompassing overview of the timeline of a plot

9. What is Enjambment?

  • When dialogue is represented indirectly
  • When the breaking up of a phrase or line happens in an unexpected or unconventional place
  • The "register" of a text, i.e., formal or informal
  • When two things are compared for dramatic effect of exaggeration

10. Which of the following groups of words would best be titled with "Narrator Attitudes"

  • Slovenly, Lazy, Greedy
  • Murder is wrong, stealing is bad, God is Almighty
  • Opposition to social injustice, love of Christmas, love of money
  • Christmas, Redemption, Social Injustice